The Lacy Knitting of Mary Schiffmann Author:Nancy Nehring You'll appreciate this book for its great projects and its great reading. A founding member of the Lacy Knitters guild, Mary Schiffmann was a tireless collector of lace patterns and a delightful storyteller about her life and craft. Nancy Nehring has lovingly collected Mary's legacy, patterns ranging from simple edgings to an elaborate christeni... more »ng gown, and accounts of her life starting with her birth to missionaries in Japan and following her long life of lacy knitting in America.« less